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State ban on bath salts made permanent

The state Pharmacy Board has moved to permanently ban so-called “bath salts,” a new designer drug that mimics the effects of cocaine, LSD, ecstasy or methamphetamine and that has gained popularity across the nation.
Olympia church's plan for baptism near Capitol nixed

The state Department of General Administration has refused to give a permit to an Olympia church that wants to hold a baptism today along with its barbecue and picnic at Heritage Park on the Capitol Campus.
Jogger says she was grabbed by man on trail

An 18-year-old woman jogging on a trail behind the Clearwood development near Yelm was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground Saturday night, but was able to elude her attacker by running away, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.
Driver ends dog's life, flees

OLYMPIA - Jennifer Turin, 57, began to sob uncontrollably when she talked about the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed her German shepherd dog, Holly, as she was walking her pet on a leash in the Goodwill parking lot on Cooper Point Road in west Olympia on Saturday afternoon.
Hot issues die in Legislature

There was no debate over abortion or illegal immigration. No one made fiery speeches about the initiative process. No outrage was voiced over red-light cameras. Any of those hot-button issues could have come up on the House or Senate floor this year, but that became much less likely at 5 p.m. Monday when a key deadline came and went.